Pat & I spent the last two days taking in as much as possible at the Smithsonian Museums in Washington DC. It's mind boggling !!The Smithsonian Castle was the original museum for all the exhibits and now houses the administrative offices as well as select pieces from the other museums. Visiting the Castle first gave us a sample of what to expect when we started out into The Mall. The Mall is an area of several city blocks with a green down the center and the Capitol Building on one end and the Lincoln Memorial at the other.
We saw the Castle, the American Indian Museum, the Museum of Natural History, the Air & Space Museum and 3 art museums. Our father's mother was 1/2 Sioux (also known as the Lakota Indian tribe) and we were especially interested in those exhibits. The museum displays are so abundant it's hard to really appreciate what we're seeing at the time. It was a wonderful two days & we recommend the Smithsonian to anyone traveling in the DC area.
Sorry there's only one picture with this entry. There seems to be a problem with the net tonight and I was able to upload only this one.
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I wish we had seen the Castle when we went to the Smithsonian...I had no idea it existed. I felt overwhelmed and lost when we went there. Better planning might have eleviated that, huh? :-) It sounds like you guys hit a lot in one day. I can imagine you were pretty tired!
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